Former Democratic Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke has delivered an incendiary call to arms in the middle of a legal crisis in his home state.

Speaking to a crowd in New Orleans, the 2020 presidential candidate unleashed on Texas Republicans as they attempt to wrangle fleeing Democratic lawmakers into voting for their redistricting “power grab.”

The former congressman connected the events in Texas to the federal GOP, lashing the entire Republican Party for their “fascist” antics.

He urged his fellow Dems to fight “tooth and nail” to reverse what he described as existential damage done to the country since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term in January.

“If we fail, if we do not win power in [the 2026 midterms], the consolidation of authoritarian control in the hands of

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